North Pacific Ocean animal life January 3, 2017 Some of the animals who live in the North Pacific Ocean include: Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) The bottlenose dolphin is one of the most well known species of marine mammals. They have a robust body and Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps) Pygmy sperm whales are small members of the toothed whale group, and one of two species in the family Kogiidae. Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) PHYLUM: Chordata CLASS: Mammalia ORDER: Cetacea FAMILY: Phocenidae GENUS: Neophocaena SPECIES: phocaenoides TOOTHED or TOOTHLESS (BALEEN): Toothed FRESHWATER, SALTERWATER Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) Striped dolphins are some of the most abundant and widespread dolphins in the world. These dolphins can reach lengths of Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) The beluga whale is a small, white-toothed whale. Adult belugas may reach a length of 16 feet (5 m), though average size Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) Bowhead whales are mysticetes, which means they have "baleen" plates instead of teeth for filtering food out of the ocean. Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Fin whales are the second-largest species of whale, with a maximum length of about 75 feet (22 m) in the Northern Hemisphere, Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Delphinidae Genus: Sousa Species: chinensis TOOTHED or TOOTHLESS (BALEEN): Toothed FRESHWATER, Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are the largest of the odontocetes (toothed whales) and the most sexually dimorphic cetaceans, with males False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens) False killer whales are large members of the dolphin family. Females reach lengths of 15 feet (4.5 m), while males are almost 1 2 3 … 5 Next » -TSF- aquatic zonesNorth Pacific Ocean
